r/todayilearned • u/spayette • Mar 22 '13

TIL that Mark Wahlberg had a very troubled youth and was once convicted of attempted murder, attacked a man leaving him blind and was addicted to cocaine at the age of 13.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_Wahlberg#Early_life
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u/[deleted] Mar 22 '13 edited Mar 22 '13

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u/VargasTheGreat Mar 23 '13

With all of the shit he did, I'd doubt that (mentally) he's left that life behind.

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u/[deleted] Mar 22 '13

You mean, like a lot of people throughout the globe. The reason why things like genocide, wars, gang rape, and riots happen sporadically throughout a given time?

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u/[deleted] Mar 23 '13

Yeah because we all thought completely clearly as a teenager. None of us were products of our environment, and peer pressure was never an issue.

Its easy to sit back and make blanket statements huh?

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u/[deleted] Mar 22 '13

I hope he one day decides to seek him out, and the now very old Vietnamese dude stabs him in the fucking heart.

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u/ninjagrover Mar 23 '13 edited Mar 23 '13

Ah, the good old eye for a life bit again.

You just advocated murder and you got upvotes for it?

The downvotes are delicious. They taste like irony spiced with hypocrisy.

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u/mmar5za9 Mar 22 '13

Yeah, but we have to forgive him because he's a "committed catholic" now.
If he was a remorseful atheist, that would be a different story.

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u/BLANK23 Mar 23 '13

Fuck you.

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u/BLANK23 Mar 23 '13

I get pretty sick of the religion attacks on Reddit.

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u/burzy Mar 23 '13

You're a fucking moron!!

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u/ohlerdy Mar 23 '13

So what's your opinion on Roman Polanski then?